I can't be physically there (not being in the country and all), but my solidarity for anyone who goes
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Hi there
You may have seen last month's protest on the news (and me in the background!. On the last Saturday of every month a group called the Helper's of God's Precious Infants ( :angry: ) hold a protest outside the Fertility Control Clinic in East Melbourne.
They stand outside the clinic, intimidate women as they enter, sing hymns and wave statues of Jesus and plastic foetuses around. In 2001 a security guard at the clinic was killed by an anti-abortion zealot and the group is so low that they FILM women entering the clinic. They claim it's for their own protection...
Rather than let them have their own way, various groups of pro-choicers get together before the Helper's arrive and block off the front of the building. This means that they go to the other side of the road and can't directly bother women and staff. I've had a chat with a few of the staff, and they're really grateful for our presence and show of support.
Defending women's right to control their own bodies is particularly important when you consider the political rhetoric of conservatives intent on "debating" abortion. So come along.
It's also fun to chant loudly at them. <_<
"God is a lesbian
she loves women"
etc etc
I won't be able to go to the next one, but here are the details:
When: 10am, last Saturday of every month
Where: 118 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne
Hear the words I sing,
War's a horrid thing,
So I sing, sing, sing,
Ding-a-ling-a-ling.
--Baldrick, Blackadder Goes Forth
Barricade Books
The last time I was sentenced to death, I ordered four hyper-vodkas for my breakfast. All a bit of a blur after that... I woke up in bed with both of my executioners. Lovely couple, they stayed in touch! Can't say that about most executioners. - Captain Jack Harkness
I can't be physically there (not being in the country and all), but my solidarity for anyone who goes
Similarly, I cannot attend, need any money?
"How you cling to your purity, young man! How afraid you are to soil your hands! All right, stay pure! What good will it do? Why did you join us? Purity is an idea for a yogi or a monk. You intellectuals and Bourgeois anarchists use it as a pretext for doing nothing. To do nothing, to remain motionless, arms at your sides, wearing kids gloves. Well, I have dirty hands. Right up to the elbows. I've plunged them in the filth and blood. But what do you hope? Do you think you'll govern innocently?"-Jean-Paul Sartre
:P Nah, all we need are people and voices! Placards, banners and other waveable objects are good too.
Hear the words I sing,
War's a horrid thing,
So I sing, sing, sing,
Ding-a-ling-a-ling.
--Baldrick, Blackadder Goes Forth
Barricade Books
The last time I was sentenced to death, I ordered four hyper-vodkas for my breakfast. All a bit of a blur after that... I woke up in bed with both of my executioners. Lovely couple, they stayed in touch! Can't say that about most executioners. - Captain Jack Harkness
ya sorry im across the world but there are few things that piss me off more than a bunch of "abortion is murder" hyper-religious priests screaming
the front line is everywhere
there be no shelter here
Damn, I'd love to offer support.
Normally those Opus Dei types are on the counter, nice to see the Christan cause fractured.
"How you cling to your purity, young man! How afraid you are to soil your hands! All right, stay pure! What good will it do? Why did you join us? Purity is an idea for a yogi or a monk. You intellectuals and Bourgeois anarchists use it as a pretext for doing nothing. To do nothing, to remain motionless, arms at your sides, wearing kids gloves. Well, I have dirty hands. Right up to the elbows. I've plunged them in the filth and blood. But what do you hope? Do you think you'll govern innocently?"-Jean-Paul Sartre
Sounds very familiar.
Except the bit that they have to go to the other side of the street if you get there first. That'd be nice.
Have they tried physically blocking the doors or anything of that nature in Australia?
Yo Solidarity kids, wish i could attend
hey dude, I know that place well, a friend of my Dad's has his business just up the road. I am also quite well aquainted with those demonstrators. A few years ago, my Dad and I were visiting his friend, but anyway I got bored so went walking. I walked past them at first but around 10m on there was this women who was sort of looking nervously at them. I just happened to ask her if she was alright (looked pretty worried) and anyway, long story short I ended up escorting her into the clinic because all those fucking pro-lifers were really intimidating her. Then, when I came out they started getting into my face so I ended up having a street rour with them until my Dad came down at which point he called them all fucking facists and small people for intimidating women and we left. I have always hoped that ppor woman was fine.
Anyway dude, good luck with your counter-protests. If I could get over I would but I have my final exams coming. AFter that however, I'm gonna come over and give them another bit of mind.
" That dude is a 'chick' "
haha sif you dont call all your girlfriends dudes :P
and your guy friends chickies
this post was produced on stolen land.
to your tourist mentality, we're still the natives
you're multicultural - but we're anti-racist!
your heart is a muscle the size of your fist.
keep loving. keep fighting.
I'll leave Mujer Libre to defend her womyn-ness
And i tend to call my male friends bro, and my female friends by their names, sexism!
I'd be down there with you if I was in Melbourne.
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